Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-04-03
ANTELOPE VALLEY.
Some reformation About This
Attractive Region.

The Antelope Valley NeDs, published
ct the town Of Rosamond, is the daily
recipient of many letters of inquiry
about that splendid section of country.
Colonel Harris, the editor, gives the fol
lowing answer through his journal:
There is government land subject to
pre-emption in the far western part Of
the valley at 81 25 per acre, in The rail-
road reservation limit, and at 81. % per
acre outside of that limit. Railroad,
State lands and private tracts can be
bought ON easy terms at from S. to $40
per acre. Quite q number of claims at
easier distances from Rosam nd will
soon be cancelled through lack of dill.
gence in perfecting their titles and non.
residence of the claimants. At the
proper time all such lands may be To-.
Gated, just as if no filings had been
made upon them.
Over forty square miles of the valley
Is as level as western prairie, but along
the mountain ranges are foothills which
can be made very productive. The
whole Of this land will produce all the
cereals, and the wheat grown in this
valley was pronounced the "best grown
in the world" at the New Orleans
Worlds Exposition, got the premium at
the California State Fair, is adopted at
Los Angeles as the standard wheat of
the county, and has brought twenty
seven cents more per sack at the cele-
brated Lankershim Touring mills in Los
Angeles, than is paid for any other
wheat. Rust and fog are unknown quan.
titles here.
In most places in the valley water, by
surface wells, is reached at depths Of
three to sixty feet; and several artesian
wells, sunk to depths of 2l2 to $40 feet,
are flowing from 100, 900 to 400. 900 gal.
lens zach per day of water which is not
excelled in is pureness by any In other
parts OF California.
or al f,-as good feed for COWS and
other stock as The nutritious red clover
-.-four to seven crops per season can be
cut whtn good stand is obtained.
All the decidaous fruit trees grow
we'll here, and the citrus fruits are being
planted to test them. But there is not
doubt that this valley will eventually
excel any other locality in the State for
the production Of the best raisin and
wine grapes.
The average altitude of the valley
above sea level is 23O0 feet. In the
spring and summer months the ther.
mometer ranges from 81 degrees above
zero att NJ. to IS and so degrees at
noon, and gradually sinking with the
sun to that degree which affords the
most incomL Larably pleasant evenings,
and the most invlgorating sleep is expe-
rienced every night under a blanket,
even during the very few days of the
cheated term" In winter the coldest
marking of the thermometer here for the
past three years was Is degrees above
ssro. the cold wave lasting only three
hours. The hottest days are in August
and September. For few days only in
August the mercury will ascend to 100.
and only one day last August did it
reach lC6 ithe same as in Los Angeles),
but the atmosphere is SO clear and the
heat was 30 tempered by the sea- breezes
that no oppressiveness was experienced.
This altitude and climate Is pro-
nounced by nearly all physicians a. the
very best for the relief and final cure of
persons sff cied with rheumatic and
bronchial affections.
All of the substantials and many of
the Injuries of living are reasonable,
and but slightly above the prices at Los
Angeles, one Of the cheapest cities in
the world to live in.
Nearly all the land in the valley is
covered with o not very heavy growth
of sagebrush. This is cleared off by at.
taching a span of horses to each end of
. railroad T iron and dragging it over
the ground; the brush is pulled out by
the roots, when they are forked together
and burned. In this way six to ten
acres are cleared per day. 1t is now
ready for blowing.
The prime requisites for success are
industry. economy, and patience to wait.
There are no heavy forests to cut away,
NO expensive fences to be built to protect
crops-only light lath and wire-wove
fences to guard against depredations of
rabbits; the soil ia easily put in order,
beingfOr The MOST paIt ght sandy
ioana- Vines viii come to bearing in
eizAtes.r nnsrHtha. AID trees in two and
thrss FssrsS bud za industrious man,
yith fsrSg gscG Hsres, sn acre or two of
alfalfa, sls ar svD eogs, two horses,
souzls ri,zs ant chinitszt. AID garden of
vegetables tint cap be kept growing all
the ysar suuud,, r4siafg zasD some grain,
can unspUrt u family h+rs 5mfortably
from 5ie start ald sr y bzImier and
nors h,sarip giving srss ne and clearer
sksss, bntai simmer snss nl1ser, than are
to be sinid siywiissrs slss On the earth.
We have a. presnlS SEs Southern Pa.
cifie raiaesab ruauliig sexoss the south.
ern part Of the vailsy-ass also the very
poorest psrt--snd Is a es5lEfentially be.
lieved that the Aschison, Topeka and
Sonta FeraiIroad viii os runniDg through
the valley east add west within III, next
eighteen months, which will make our
rich lands in the western portion of the |
valley worth from $50 to $500 per acre
~ soon a. the sound of the construction
train locomotive whistle is heard.
Diner--'Here, thought you said